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Open Projects ?? 30-Sep-2003 At 2:57:53 PM Donut King

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Well hasnt this been a busy place since last night.

My comments were intended to be on the provacative side (duh!)

he facts still remain, equipping a route (trad or sport) does not give you a monopply over it for an "unlimited" time.

We all would have our own definition of "reasonable" time to do a route.
my PERSNONAL opinion is that the time limit to do a new route should be finite.
as this becomes an ethical issue then it will never be able to please all the people

I do not condone, practice or support the notion of "stealing" a route (or root!).

I know that equipping a route takes time/money etc etc thank you to those that pointed it out too me, but i think perhaps the point has been missed.

you equip/prepare the route because YOU want to, you bring your skill/effort/time, but this is not a case of IF i equip the route THEN the route is mine...period.

you really rely on the "good-nature" of other climbers.

By using some of the reasoning in this tread i could go grid bolt a whole section of cliff, hang bits of tat of the bolts and call it my own!!! fantastic! if only they made a 4-stroke drill

most of my stroking though has been on this thread!!!!

love to you all

dk